Only in NY would 4 guys attacking a single man with sharpened screw drivers be declared the victims

God Bless Bernie Goetz he was a great American. He gave us all heart to survive the dark years in NYC before Rudy.

How much time did he serve on the illegal possession charge?
(Whatever it was was too much.)

I was just thinking about that stuff the other day. I was just a kid when it happened but was pulling for Goetz all the way.

The NYS Sullivan Law passed purportedly to keep politicians from being shot, allows criminals, politicians and lawyers to carry arms.

The law makes it impossible or nearly so in many jurisdictions to obtain a CCP, NYC being one such place.

So much for the law abiding citizens chances in the State of Iniquity.

Bernie made a fundamental error. He left the 4 scumbags alive to testify against him. As a Michigan State Trooper told me years ago when we were discussing security for my elderly mother's house, which was in a fairly isolated area, "Make sure there's only one story: yours." Improvements in the law since then, like the Castle Doctrine, have helped, but that still doesn't apply in NYC.

I remember this quite well as I was in my twenties at the time and living in Connecticut. I can't remember anyone I knew who didn't think he was a hero, or at the very least, that he did the right thing.

@Grizzly - According to Wikipedia he appears to have served 2/3 of a one year sentence, which is 2/3s too much.

The Wikipedia article also has this fascinating bit of background info I don't recall hearing about at the time. It seems like Mr. Goetz had been assaulted before and was able to see how the law "protects and serves" honest law-abiding citizens.

I've edited the following quote only to remove footnote numbers. Please search Wikipedia for "Bernard Goetz" and you'll go straight to this article.

"While transporting electronic equipment in 1981, Goetz was attacked in the Canal Street subway station by three youths in an attempted robbery. They smashed him into a plate-glass door and threw him to the ground, causing permanent chest and knee injuries. Goetz assisted an off-duty officer in arresting one of them, but was angered after his attacker spent less than half the time in the police station than Goetz himself; subsequently, he was further angered when his attacker was charged only with criminal mischief, for ripping his jacket. Goetz subsequently applied for a permit to carry a handgun, on the basis of routinely carrying valuable equipment and large sums of cash, but his application was denied for insufficient need. Bitter, he bought a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver anyway during a trip to Florida."

He went rather easy on him, don't you think?

He went easy on them, rather...

I sure hope one of those squirrels doesn't bite him.

"Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six."

I'm glad to see you're still around to care for the little squirrels, Bernie, and so are they.

I love a happy ending....

The worst part is that he was successfully sued by at least one of his attackers. I think he's still paying that one (wheelcahir-bound) off as best he can.

Actually, I think he's on record as saying, "I don't think I've paid a cent on that."

"I don't think I've paid a cent on that."

Well that gladens my heart. Is the guy in the wheelchair dead yet?

They got what they deserved. It sickens me that some people wake up each day with the intent to
steal as some get up with the intent to work.

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